Fabien Sanchez
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| Full name | Fabien Sanchez | ||||||||||||
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30 March 1983 Hyères, France |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuit | ||||||||||||
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| 2007–2009 | Veloclub La Pomme Marseille | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Amical Vélo Club Aix-en-Provence | ||||||||||||
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| 2003–2004 | FDJeux.com | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Française des Jeux | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Cofidis | ||||||||||||
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Fabien Sanchez (born March 30, 1983 in Hyères) is a retired French professional track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and later represented his nation France in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). Before his official retirement in late 2008, Sanchez rode for three seasons on the FDJeux.com pro cycling team, following by his annual stint on Cofidis in 2006. Sanchez is also a four-time French track cycling champion in both the individual and team pursuit and in the points race.
Before his professional cycling career, Sanchez sought headlines in the international scene, when he led the French team for the gold in a team pursuit final match against the Germans at the 2001 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, United States.
In August 2003, Sanchez turned his sights to professional cycling when he signed a triple seasonal contract with FDJeux.com. On that same year, he delivered the French foursome a bronze-medal time of 4:04.119 to defeat the Russians in men's team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, earning them a guaranteed spot for the Olympics.
An official member of the French cycling team, Sanchez made his debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he finished sixth in the men's individual pursuit (4:21.235), and seventh in the men's team pursuit (4:07.336), along with Anthony Langella, Mathieu Ladagnous, and Jérôme Neuville.
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